Efficient operation of a diode-bar-pumped Nd:YAG laser on the low gain 1123nm line
Efficient operation of a diode-bar-pumped Nd:YAG laser on the low gain 1123nm line
Efficient operation of a Nd:YAG laser on the low-gain 1123nm transition by end pumping with the reshaped output from a 7W diode bar is reported. Using a simple standing-wave laser configuration and pumping with 5.6W of incident power yielded a laser output power of 1.7W in a near-diffraction-limited TEMoo mode with a beam quality factor of M2 < 1.1. A unidirectional single-frequency ring laser was also constructed, yielding 180mW of single-frequency output. The prospects for further increase in power by optimization of the resonator design are discussed.
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Moore, Nicholas
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Clarkson, W.Andrew
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Hanna, David C.
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Lehmann, Stefan
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Bosenberg, Jens
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20 August 1999
Moore, Nicholas
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Clarkson, W.Andrew
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Hanna, David C.
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Lehmann, Stefan
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Bosenberg, Jens
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Moore, Nicholas, Clarkson, W.Andrew, Hanna, David C., Lehmann, Stefan and Bosenberg, Jens
(1999)
Efficient operation of a diode-bar-pumped Nd:YAG laser on the low gain 1123nm line.
Applied Optics, 38 (27), .
(doi:10.1364/AO.38.005761).
Abstract
Efficient operation of a Nd:YAG laser on the low-gain 1123nm transition by end pumping with the reshaped output from a 7W diode bar is reported. Using a simple standing-wave laser configuration and pumping with 5.6W of incident power yielded a laser output power of 1.7W in a near-diffraction-limited TEMoo mode with a beam quality factor of M2 < 1.1. A unidirectional single-frequency ring laser was also constructed, yielding 180mW of single-frequency output. The prospects for further increase in power by optimization of the resonator design are discussed.
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Published date: 20 August 1999
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/77816
ISSN: 0003-6935
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